Free Online Gradebook

  • Flexible Grading Options.
  • Distribute Assignments and Collect Homework.
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Distribute & collect assignments online.

Distribute & collect assignments online.

Student & parent access.

Student & parent access.

Automatic mass email to students and parents.

Automatic mass email to students and parents.

Choose a free gradebook or ad-free premium gradebook.

Choose a free gradebook or ad-free premium gradebook.

Advanced messaging.

Advanced messaging.

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Gradebook with Intuitive Interface

Gradebook with Intuitive Interface

ThinkWave Educator has an intuitive, easy-to-use, interface that can be learned quickly. Multiple classes can be maintained in a single gradebook. There is no need to login multiple times to access different classes.

Easy to Use From All Devices

Easy to Use From All Devices

ThinkWave Educator is completely cloud based which means there is no software to install and teachers can access data from school or home. ThinkWave can be used with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari and Chrome on PC, MAC, Linux, iOS and Android devices.

Get the Gradebook That's Right for You

Get the Gradebook That's Right for You

ThinkWave Educator is great for solo teachers who want a basic, free gradebook. ThinkWave Educator Premium is for teachers who want a full-featured gradebook with 100 GB online storage.

What To Expect with ThinkWave on Your Mobile Device

Upload Assignments and Handouts Online

Online Portal for Students and Parents

Assign and Collect Homework Online

Messaging and Group Emailing

Flexible Grading Options

Powerful Reports

1Upload Assignments and Handouts Online

ThinkWave Educator provides all the functionality of a learning management system with the ability to upload homework and handouts online. You can upload files up to 25MB to our free gradebook, and premium users can enjoy up to 100GB of storage space. Plus, with support for various file formats—such as .pdf, .doc, images, and videos—homework is easily accessible to students and parents. These assignments can also be downloaded by students or parents for easy access. No need to email files between home and school when everything is available online from any computer.

2Online Portal for Students and Parents

ThinkWave improves communication by providing individual, password-protected accounts for students and parents to access classroom information. Detailed, day-to-day summary of student progress includes overall results, graded assignments, and upcoming assignments. Grades Online enables student achievement by improving organization and allowing for early intervention.

3Assign and Collect Homework Online

ThinkWave Educator offers the powerful ability to collect homework from students online. Students upload their homework files with an easy-to-use upload function. Files are immediately available to the teacher in the gradebook. Uploaded files are organized for the teacher by assignment and date.

4Messaging and Group Emailing

ThinkWave includes the ability to post messages and announcements. Messages can be directed to all students and parents, particular groups of students, or specific classes. Files can be uploaded with blog posts. Messages can be sent by email to the entire group with one click.

5Flexible Grading Options

Teachers and students alike can benefit from experimenting with a variety of grading methods. With ThinkWave Educator, you can use an all-points grading system or a flexible grading system that combines points, letter grades, check, check plus, and custom grades. Create your own assignment types and use assignment type weightings—such as Tests (30%), Homework (40%), Projects (15%), and Participation (15%)—to reflect different evaluation priorities and grading scales.

6Powerful Reports

ThinkWave Educator includes powerful report capabilities that generate professionally-formatted, ready-to-print, .pdf documents. Reports can be customized with a logo and header and multiple other customization options.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can all the teachers in my school use the gradebook?

There are several options to provide online gradebooks for teachers in your school. For schools that want to provide pre-populated gradebooks with students and classes already enrolled, the ThinkWave Administrator school management system is the best option. It combines data from all teachers into progress reports, report cards, transcripts, student summaries, and other reports. There is even a tool to upgrade a solo gradebook to a schoolwide version. If there is no need to combine teacher information, options include site licenses for the premium gradebook. Finally, any teacher can always use the gradebook free of charge.

How do I start a new year in the gradebook?

The online gradebook provides a powerful rollover feature, which copies students, classes, custom field data, and more from year to year. This makes it easy to have a fresh start each year, while information from previous years remains readily available. There is even a feature to copy assignments from previous years, simplifying the setup process. For teachers who will be teaching a new set of students during the upcoming year, there is an option to not copy previous-year’s students.

Can I copy assignments from previous years?

Yes, a copy assignments function makes it easy to copy assignments from a teachers gradebook to a different class, term, or year. In the Setup menu, select Copy Assignments, then select the class and specific assignments you want to import.

Can I have different grading options for different classes?

Yes. You first establish default grading options, then customize them for individual classes and even terms. Grades can be calculated using pure points or flexible grading options, which handle letter grades, pass/fail grades, custom grades, assignment-type weighing, and more. Grades can also be calculated by weighting subterms, so for example, the semester grade can be calculated from the quarter grades and final exam.

Can I drop the lowest assignments?

Yes. In the grading options screen for a class, you can drop the lowest scores for any assignment type, such as homeword, projects, tests, or quizzes. These parameters can be set in default grading options, or different classes or terms.

Can I email all the students in a class?

Yes. The messaging function includes email capability, so that when you post a message to students and parents of a class, it can also be sent by email. You can also email reports such as student summary reports or report cards.

Can students and parents access their grades online?

Yes. Every student (and optionally) parent has a personal online account to access grades, assignments, assignment results, messages, and attendance. Each student can have multiple parent accounts, and each parent can see all their students’ data in one view.

Can I send and receive messages from students and parents?

You can post messages to all the students and parents in a class, and enable a public discussion regarding the message. Each assignment can have a class-wide discussion associated with it, and teachers and students and parents can maintain private discussions regarding assignment results.

Am I limited to points-based grading systems?

No. Flexible grading options let you use points, percentage, letter, pass/fail, complete/incomplete, and custom grade scales for assignments, tests, and quizzes. You can use assignment-type weighting, as well as drop lowest assignments. Of course, Pure Points grading scale is also available.

Are there limitations to the number of students, classes, or assignments?

There are no limitations for students, classes, or assignments. There are even instances when an entire school manages all their data using a free gradebook. Of course, the school management system is preferable for schoolwide use, because it combines data from multiple teachers into a consolidated environment. But even so, the free gradebook does not maintain any artificial limitations.

Can the gradebook work for homeschooling?

The gradebook, as well as the student management system, is a perfect solution for a homeschool environment.

Can the gradebook work for college, trade schools, or other environments?

The free solo gradebook is used by teachers and processors in the widest possible range of educational settings. The upgrade to student management software is also used by colleges, trades schools, international schools, parochial schools, foster care environments, and much more.

Can I distribute and collect assignments online?

Yes. The gradebook provides learning management functionality. Teachers can post assignments with rich text and file attachments. Students can submit their work, and teachers can return corrected student work. Public discussions can be associated with assignments, and private discussions between the student and parent are available with each assignment result.

Can I weight grades by assignment type?

Yes. There is the option to use existing or create custom assignment types, as well as the option to calculate the final grade as a weighted average of assignment types.

Can I record custom data in custom fields?

Yes. Custom fields can be defined for students, teachers, parents and classes. Data can optionally be automatically copied to subsequent school years during the year rollover procedure.

Can I import students?

Yes. There are three options to choose from. Simplest is to add students one at a time. Next is a quick add function, which lets you cut and paste a large list of students and import them all at once. There is also an import wizard, which lets you import students from a delimited file, with advanced capabilities including addresses, parent data, and custom field data.

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